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Originally Posted by Leonardo
I have to admit, after thinking about what you said, the FWD celica and corolla are not the classic ones. And if the prelude was RWD from honda also, the FWD version would not be the one... hmmmmm.
Pantera's are awesome! The 351 Windsor is a really strong motor!
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There is a huge RWD bias here so the perception is that FWD will never be classic or collectable. Slip over to any performance forum for the FWD cars and see how big the following for them is. To think that those same people will not want the car of their youth in 30 years is mistaken. There will be car shows with middle aged men drooling overpriced out Civics, Celicas and even Neons because "I had one just like this". I doubt the family that bought that bottom trim Chev in 1955 sat around and said "oh boy this car will be huge in 50 years or so" but even a rotted hulk can now be sold to some guy that had one during his glory years in 1972. We are still too close to the age of these FWD cars for them to seem collectable or classic but their day will come. Not all "classic"cars are good and not all good cars become "classics". It really boils down to what the old guys in each generation had or wanted when they were young.